Abstract and Scjmmaky 



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41 sliippmg-clerk.s ; 41 ugeiits; 32 messengers niid errniid hoys .t;ii-ls; 

 25 collectors; 19 canvassers; 9 bundle and cash hoys and girls. 



§2. Specific Work of Various Age Groups. The actual nuin'oer ot 

 boys and girls in the clerical pursuits was as follows: 



lioifs under Id. (; i ris iiiidrr IC. 



Clerks and sliippiny,- clerks isi (vj. 



Bookkeepers I'l' :'>!) 



Stenographers and typists (; 01 



Agents and collectors .'JO .'! 



Messenger, bundle and office boys 705 1 



Chap. X. Mining Pursuits 



§1. Specific Mining Pursuits. Mining engaged 28 of each 1,00 0 

 male workers in 1910. Of each 1,000 workers so engaged there were: 

 785 coal mine operatives, 120 quarry operatives, 38 oil and gas well opera- 

 tives, 20 foremen and overseers, IS operators. 



The list includes 981 of each 1,000, the remaining 19 being divided 

 among nine minor pursuits. 



§2. Specific Work of Various Age Groups. 511 boys under 16 years 

 were employed as coal mine operatives. 



Chap. XI. Public Service Pursuits 



§1. Specific Public Service Pursuits. Public service pursuits en- 

 gaged 11 of each 1,0 00 male workers and 2 of each 1,000 female 

 workers in 1910. Of each 1,000 workers so engaged there were: 174 

 guards, watchmen, and keepers; 125 officials and inspectors (U. S.) ; 

 121 policemen; 101 laborers; 100 firemen; 94 officials and inspectors 

 (county); 93 soldiers, sailors, and marines; 91 officials and inspectors 

 (city); 30 marshals and constables; 18 officials and inspectors (State); 

 12 detectives. The above listed pursuits include 977 of each 1,000, the 

 remaining 23 being divided among five minor pursuits. 



Chap. XII. Relative Importance of Agricultural and Industrial 



Pursuits 



§1. Comparative Numbei' of Workers in Agriculture and Industry. 



In 1910 there were as many workers in industrial as agricultural 

 pursuits. 



In 1880, 52.2 per cent of all workers in Indiana were farmers ; in 1890, 

 46.0 per cent ; in 1900, 39.0 per cent ; in 1910, 32.2 per cent, showing a direct 

 and continued decrease in percentage of agricultural workers. In in- 

 dustrial pursuits, however, in 1880, 17.2 per cent of workers were engaged ; 

 in 1890, 20:5 per cent; in 1900, 29.9 per cent; in 1910, 32.2 per cent.* 



While in each decade from 1880' to 1910 there was but a very slight 

 percentage of increase in the number of agricultural workers, the greatest 

 in any decade being 1.0 per cent, during the same period of time the per- 

 centage increase in industrial workers ranged from 34 to G4, 



*Includes mining in 1910, as in the previous years, 1880 to 1910, mining was 

 listed in the census under the manufacturing and mechanical group. 



